Buglossoides arvensis
(L.) I.M.Johnst. SheepweedAnnual herb, 20–45 cm high, erect or ascending; branches densely covered with appressed hairs. Leaves densely appressed-hairy, apex obtuse, margins entire; rosette leaves oblanceolate to spathulate, 2–10 cm long, 2–15 mm wide; cauline leaves oblanceolate to oblong-elliptic. Bracts longer than sepals. Flowers on pedicels 1–2 mm long, elongating to c. 4 mm in fruit; sepals linear, 4–6 mm long, acute, elongating to c. 15 mm in fruit, hairy; corolla 6–7 mm long, white to cream, lobes oblong, 1–2 mm long, much shorter than tube; stamens inserted just below middle of corolla-tube. Mericarps 3–4 mm long, densely tuberculate, inner surface ridged, pale brown. Flowers Aug.–Feb.
LoM, MuM, Wim, GleP, Brid, VVP, VRiv, MSB, RobP, MuF, GipP, WaP, Gold, CVU, GGr, NIS, EGL, HSF. Naturalised all States. Native to Europe. A widespread weed, mostly of disturbed places in drier parts of northern and western Victoria.
Jeanes, J.A. (1999). Boraginaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 4, Cornaceae to Asteraceae, pp. 387–411. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
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